Can feeding and timing mechanism.



s. TEVAND ER.

CAN FEEDING AND TIMING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB, 9,1914.

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Be it known that-I, Swan lTEVANDER,'- a citizen ofthe'United States' 're siding in May'wood,-in the county-of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventeda new anduseful Improvement in Can F eeding and Timing .This invention relates to improvements in "can feeding'and timing mechanism;

An object of the invention isto provide means for feeding and properly timing" and spacing can bodies .as the same are fed 'to In the drawing forming a part .ofthis specification Figure; 1 isa' top plan view of part of a feedtable' used in connection with a closing machine and showing my improvesection of apart of the feeder andEtimer' merits-inconnectiontherewith; Fig. 2 is an enlarged .vert'ical" sectional view taken substantially on-the line 2' 2 of Fig 1'. :Fig. 3 is a detail, top plan View. and partly'in proper, ome of the parts being removedin order to better illustrate thec'onstruction, and Fig. 4. is 'a detail verticalsectidn tak'en substantially-on theline of Fig, 2.

In said drawing, 10 denotes a'stationary i" table-"located adjacent a can closing ma: chine indicated diagrammatically by dotted lines 11 whichis provided with feed fingers 12 for propelling the cans to the seaming Inechanis1n or other operating station, Guide rails 13 and 14 form a pathway or passage for the cans as the same are. conveyed tothe seaming mechanism after: they are advanced by the rotatable star whee115, the cans being held -in place whilebeing moved by the star wheel by a circular guide rail 16"whioh'is provided one 'endwith a circular 'end portion 17 disposed-above a rotatable feed disk 18driven from any suit-j able source of power (notshown). The

disk or plate 18 is rigidly secured-to a rotatahle'sh'aft 19, saiddisk'having a plurality of spokes: or arms'20, each of which is providedwith a radially eXtending groove2l' in which. is slidably mounted aplate 22-which plate 22, at its outer end, is beveled or Spebificatio'nof Letters Patent.

of which the followingds a v are limited in their outward matter how the cans are rounded oil at the corners as indicated lat 23 and all'of said pressed outwardly extend beyond the upwardly extending drum 24 formed inter grallyiwitli the di yield'ingly held by plates 22 are yieldingly so as to have their ends f pins 26 which engage shoulders '27 formed on, the.dr1 1m 24'.

The slide, 'plates22 are I Patnted JanA, 191th Application filed humid-Q1914. S eria1No; 817,496.

peripheryjof the circular .GQ. sk l8. lhe plates 22are""--- means of springs 25 and movement by held in position by lneansof a top plate or disk 28 securedsto-t-he drum 24 by screws or other suitable means Mountedconcentrically with the shaft '19 and spaced from the -drum portion 24:;is a circular guide" rail 29 76 I which, with the circular portion 17 and the 'drum',24s, forms an'annular guideway for"; thecansas the same are timed andifedto' Q the starwheel 15. j

, The operation is'as follows: The filled shown): onto the rotatable disk. 18

cans or other articles'are'fed promiscuously 1 which then .carries the cans' forward. ,In the event that the cans are crowded too'closely'to- 'gether or -do not fall between twoof the yieldingly pressed plates 22, the cans will be caught between the stationary curved guideway 29 and 'oneof the plates 22 and.'con'sequently,- as the can-1e ad-' 'vanced by the-rotating disk' 18, it will be :yieldingly pressed axially rotated orj 'rolledialong" the. curved I guideway 29. until "the can falls in proper position-bet\.v een- V two. of the yieldin-gly pressed plates or members 22,, it being 'un-' erstood that -the springs which normally hold the plates 22 in their outermost position are lightenoug lo permit the plates 22- to' yield without danger of denting or Y I Pcruslnrrg the can bodies. in this way, no

18, they will'be automatically spaced. and

. timed and the'n fed-forwardly to'be subse ing from the spirit of the invention, and all such changes" and modifications are contem plated'as come within the scopeof the claims appended heretoJ I claim:

modifications. may be made without depart Article feeding and timing mechani'sin' fed 'ontothe disk, I

of the character described including, in combination: a movable member having a plurality of yieldably mounted, spaced elements thereon adapted to engage against or between the articles being fed; and a relatively stationary member on which the articles are adapted to roll, and disposed adjacent said movable member and forming a guideway therewith for the articles being fed, said spaced elements being yieldable from said stationary member; substantially as specified.

binationz'a movable member having a plu-.

rality of: yieldingly controlled, slidably mounted elements mounted thereon and carried thereby; and a relatively stationary member on which the articles are adapted to roll, and located adjacent said movable member and forming with the latter a guideway therebetween for the articles being fed. and

timed, said spaced elements being yield-able from said stationary member; substantially as specified.

4-. Article feeding and timing mechanism of the character described including, in combination: a rotatable member having a plu i'ality of outwardly spring-pressed, radially slidable elements mounted thereon and .ro-

tatable therewith; and a relatively stationary curved member arranged concentrically with the rotatable member and forming the articles are adapted to roll, and forming;

therebetween a guideway for the articles bemg advanced, one of said members having a plurahty of yieldably mounted members thereon automatically adapted to uniformly.

space and time the articles being fed, said spaced elements being yieldable from said.

stationary member;substantially as specilied.

(3. Article feeding and timing, mechanism of the character described including, in combination: arotatable disk on which the articles are adapted to .beplaced and thereby moved, said disk being provided witha plurality of yieldingly controlled, independently movable, spaced elements rotatable in unison therewith; and a curved, relatively stationary guide rail along which the, articles are adapted to roll, and arranged concentrically to the axis of rotation of said disk, said spaced elements being yieldable from said guide rail; substantiallyas specified.

7. Article feeding and timing mechanism of the character described including, in com bination: a rotatable disk onto which the articles are adapted to be placed and moved forward thereby, said disk being provided with a plurality of radially slidable, spaced, outwardly spring-pressed members movable in unison with said disk; and a curved guide rail disposed above said disk, substantially as specified.

Signedthis 3rd day of February, 1914, in the presence oftwo witnesses.

SWAN TEVANDER.

.l/Vitnesses I H. M. MUNDAY,

ESTHER ABRAMS. 

